Trainee Solicitor

An opportunity has arisen for a motivated individual to undertake a training contract in a busy, commercial in-house legal department.  Our trainee programme provides an excellent opportunity to train and engage with an exciting variety of legal challenges and gain commercial experience at one of the world’s largest technology companies.

The United Kingdom is one of Bosch’s largest and most diverse jurisdictions for commercial sales and manufacturing. The Bosch UK legal department advises each of Bosch’s divisions, including: Mobility, Consumer Goods, Energy and Building Technologies, and Industrial as well as working on projects such as advertisement campaigns, global projects and mergers and acquisitions.

We are looking for applicants who are ambitious, can demonstrate strong academic background, who have excellent communication skills, a pragmatic approach to work, attention to detail and a genuine interest in technology and working for a global company.

Further details of the Bosch Group’s UK operations can be found on our website at www.bosch.co.uk

The trainee will develop and apply skills set out below with a view to meeting the Statement of Solicitor Competence as required by the SRA:

• Communication skills: communicating (oral and written) to a range of recipients both in the UK and abroad.
• Drafting: drafting variety of legal documents including commercial contracts, advise to clients and court documents.
• Advising/Interviewing: taking part in or running meetings/interviews with supervision (both internal and external);
• Legal Research: researching a variety of legal issues including product safety, competition, data protection, advertising, intellectual property and company law;
• Negotiation: observing and conducting negotiations (i.e. contract negotiations) under supervision
• Advocacy and oral presentation: advising on pre-trial procedures, being involved in presentations or delivering in-house training to Bosch business divisions.
• Dispute Resolution: assisting with the preparation of cases, attending hearings/alternative dispute resolution meetings; and
• Case and Transaction management: assisting on larger transactions or running smaller transactions with supervision.

In addition, the trainee will learn a range of soft skills such as teamwork, networking, time management and managing workload.

The successful applicant will be supervised by a senior member of the Bosch legal team in the UK and support a number of in-house lawyers working for each of the Bosch divisions.